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Collection Profile for:
Field Museum of Natural History (F-Botany)

Phanerogams worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially rich in collections from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; pteridophytes worldwide with emphasis on Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru; bryophytes worldwide; mosses of North America, Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; hepatics of north temperate, South America, and south temperate; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany.

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Field Museum of Natural History
Herbarium
Botany Department
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL   60605-2496
U.S.A.
312-665-7861
http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/botany/collections

Collection Statistics

  • 233,154 specimen records
  • 82,628 (35%) georeferenced
  • 204,453 (88%) with media (210,218 total media)
  • 223,644 (96%) identified to species
  • 287 families
  • 4,002 genera
  • 30,283 species
  • 32,353 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 25 February 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Field Museum IPT instance
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acnistus (4)
  • Athenaea (7)
  • Atropa (1)
  • Bassovia (3)
  • Bouchetia (4)
  • Brachistus (6)
  • Browallia (4)
  • Brugmansia (1)
  • Brunfelsia (62)
  • Cacabus (1)
  • Capsicum (31)
  • Cestrum (205)
  • Cuatresia (2)
  • Cyphomandra (9)
  • Datura (48)
  • Fregirardia (2)
  • Goetzea (3)
  • Jaltomata (5)
  • Juanulloa (3)
  • Lycianthes (69)
  • Lycium (22)
  • Margaranthus (2)
  • Markea (6)
  • Merinthopodium (3)
  • Metternichia (1)
  • Microschwenkia (1)
  • Nicandra (1)
  • Nicotiana (24)
  • Nierembergia (2)
  • Nolana (3)
  • Nothocestrum (4)
  • Parascopolia (1)
  • Petunia (1)
  • Physalis (248)
  • Rahowardiana (1)
  • Saracha (5)
  • Schultesianthus (3)
  • Schwenckia (2)
  • Solandra (7)
  • Solanum (1684)
  • Tzeltalia (2)
  • Valerioa (1)
  • Withania (3)
  • Witheringia (16)